Quitters Coffee applies for a liquor license
Breaking Quitters news: the popular coffee shop on Stittsville Main Street has applied for a liquor license: (via Kathleen Edwards’ Instagram)
Boyd House: Family memories of Christmas on the farm, and more (Part 5)
(Above: Lyman Boyd with his niece Karen Boyd on left and friend, David MacBeth, early 1950s.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a…
Stittsville’s craft brewery celebrates one year in our community this Saturday
(Above: Kathy and John vanDyk, owners of Covered Bridge Brewing) Covered Bridge Brewing on Iber Road is celebrating their first anniversary this Saturday with an open house from 12:00pm-4pm. They’re…
City of Ottawa announces holiday season schedule changes
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) The City of Ottawa reminds residents of the following schedule changes for Thursday, December 25, Friday, December 26 and Thursday, January 1.
Queens University students headline a special night at Gaia Java this Friday
Some months ago Mollie Roy (on the right) and Keli Jay (left) came in to entertain us for a music night. They are both in their second year of music…
PHOTOS: Demolition of a fire-damaged home on Bell Street
Rolly Renaud took these photos of a demolition on Bell Street. The house was destroyed by fire way back in June. There were no injuries in the fire but neighbours did…
Minto’s not cutting trees, just testing soil near Jackson Trails
Minto says work today on their property just west of Jackson Trails was for soil testing, and didn’t involve removing any significant trees. StittsvilleCentral.ca heard from several Jackson Trails residents today who…
Deadline for the Carp Landfill Community Liaison Committee extended to January 5
The deadline to apply to become a member of the Carp Landfill Community Liaison Committee (CLCLC) has been extended to January 5, 2015. The CLCLC provides members of the community the…
“Overwhelming response” from Stittsville Public School and community
(Above: Stittsville Public School student Ella S. helps sort some of the many donations received.) When my eight year old daughter suggested that we “adopt-a-family” from the Food Cupboard on behalf…
Parking reduction at GRC on Tuesday due to pool renovations
Part of the parking lot at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex will be closed on Tuesday, December 16. Ruiter Construction will be having steel delivered for the ongoing pool renovations. There…
Update on Stittsville South development
Councillor Shad Qadri provided an update in his weekly newsletter about a proposed development in the Stittsville South area:
Minto asks residents to help name new Stittsville community (sponsored)
Minto is asking Stittsville residents to help name their new community just north of Hazeldean Road in Stittsville. They’re holding a naming contest with a $500 prize to Brown’s Independent up…
Sens move to downtown would create opportunity for Kanata/Stittsville, says planner
(Above: Workers install the new Canadian Tire Centre sign in August 2013.) The lead planner of the master plan for Kanata West says that if the Sens ever move to Lebreton Flats, it…
LETTER: Fernbank and Flewellyn have always been wet
Re: Property values drained by wetland designation I’m 60 years old. I grew up in Stittsville. When I was a young boy we didn’t have garbage pick-up in Stittsville. On weekends…
PHOTO: Fire Station #46 makes a donation to the Stittsville Food Bank
The crew from Fire Station 46 on Iber Road visited the Stittsville Food Bank earlier this week to make a donation. The holiday season is one of the busiest times…